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getScale() and getPrecision()

From
"David Esposito"
Date:
Is there a reason that getScale() and getPrecision() both return zero for
NUMERIC fields? It seems like this shouldn't be the case. In the example
fields below (generated by doing a \d on the table), it would seem like the
getScale and Precision methods should return the numbers contained in the
parentheses.

Or at least that's how the docs seem to read and that's how Oracle does it
too ... ;)

 catalog_item_id                | numeric(11,0)            | not null
 catalog_item_category_id       | numeric(11,0)            | not null
 catalog_item_manufacturer_no   | character varying(20)    |
 catalog_item_manufacturer_url  | character varying(50)    |
 catalog_item_retail_price      | numeric(11,2)            | not null
 catalog_item_member_price      | numeric(11,2)            | not null
 catalog_item_sellable          | numeric(1,0)             | not null

-Dave

getScale() and getPrecision() patch

From
"David Esposito"
Date:
With a little bit of hacking, I figured out the internal representation that
PostGreSQL uses for its precision and scale values ... here's the diff for
the patch:

\postgresql-7.1\src\interfaces\jdbc\org\postgresql\jdbc2\ResultSetMetaData.j
ava

[root@TIMDA1 postgresbugfix]# diff ResultSetMetaData.java
ResultSetMetaData.java-original
288,293d287
<       case Types.NUMERIC:
<       Field f = getField(column);
<       if(f != null)
<               return ((0xFFFF0000)&f.mod)>>16;
<       else
<               return 0;
325,330d318
<       case Types.NUMERIC:
<       Field f = getField(column);
<       if(f != null)
<               return (((0x0000FFFF)&f.mod)-4);
<       else
<               return 0;
[root@TIMDA1 postgresbugfix]#



> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-jdbc-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-jdbc-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of David Esposito
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 12:55 PM
> To: pgsql-jdbc@postgresql.org
> Subject: [JDBC] getScale() and getPrecision()
>
>
> Is there a reason that getScale() and getPrecision() both return zero for
> NUMERIC fields? It seems like this shouldn't be the case. In the example
> fields below (generated by doing a \d on the table), it would
> seem like the
> getScale and Precision methods should return the numbers contained in the
> parentheses.
>
> Or at least that's how the docs seem to read and that's how Oracle does it
> too ... ;)
>
>  catalog_item_id                | numeric(11,0)            | not null
>  catalog_item_category_id       | numeric(11,0)            | not null
>  catalog_item_manufacturer_no   | character varying(20)    |
>  catalog_item_manufacturer_url  | character varying(50)    |
>  catalog_item_retail_price      | numeric(11,2)            | not null
>  catalog_item_member_price      | numeric(11,2)            | not null
>  catalog_item_sellable          | numeric(1,0)             | not null
>
> -Dave
>
>
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Re: getScale() and getPrecision() patch

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Is it possible to get a context diff of this patch?  Thanks.


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> With a little bit of hacking, I figured out the internal representation that
> PostGreSQL uses for its precision and scale values ... here's the diff for
> the patch:
>
> \postgresql-7.1\src\interfaces\jdbc\org\postgresql\jdbc2\ResultSetMetaData.j
> ava
>
> [root@TIMDA1 postgresbugfix]# diff ResultSetMetaData.java
> ResultSetMetaData.java-original
> 288,293d287
> <       case Types.NUMERIC:
> <       Field f = getField(column);
> <       if(f != null)
> <               return ((0xFFFF0000)&f.mod)>>16;
> <       else
> <               return 0;
> 325,330d318
> <       case Types.NUMERIC:
> <       Field f = getField(column);
> <       if(f != null)
> <               return (((0x0000FFFF)&f.mod)-4);
> <       else
> <               return 0;
> [root@TIMDA1 postgresbugfix]#
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pgsql-jdbc-owner@postgresql.org
> > [mailto:pgsql-jdbc-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of David Esposito
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 12:55 PM
> > To: pgsql-jdbc@postgresql.org
> > Subject: [JDBC] getScale() and getPrecision()
> >
> >
> > Is there a reason that getScale() and getPrecision() both return zero for
> > NUMERIC fields? It seems like this shouldn't be the case. In the example
> > fields below (generated by doing a \d on the table), it would
> > seem like the
> > getScale and Precision methods should return the numbers contained in the
> > parentheses.
> >
> > Or at least that's how the docs seem to read and that's how Oracle does it
> > too ... ;)
> >
> >  catalog_item_id                | numeric(11,0)            | not null
> >  catalog_item_category_id       | numeric(11,0)            | not null
> >  catalog_item_manufacturer_no   | character varying(20)    |
> >  catalog_item_manufacturer_url  | character varying(50)    |
> >  catalog_item_retail_price      | numeric(11,2)            | not null
> >  catalog_item_member_price      | numeric(11,2)            | not null
> >  catalog_item_sellable          | numeric(1,0)             | not null
> >
> > -Dave
> >
> >
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